Window-shade fixture.



Patented Ian. I. l90l.

J. A. HATTER. WINDOW SHADE FIXTURE.

(Application filed Ian. 27, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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7* "IT I) I witnzaoeo illurrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHl\ ANDRE\V HATTER, VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TO LYNNLY C. ADAMS AND FRANK R. ADAMS, OF SAME PLACE.

WINDOW-SHADE FlXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,856, dated January 1, 1901;

A lication filed January 27,1900. serial No. 3,023. (No model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN ANDREW HATTER, residing at Vicksburg, in the county of Warren and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful \VindoW-Shade Fixture, of

which the following is a specification.

My in ven tion relates to window-shades, and has for its object to furnish a fixture for window-shades by which a shade mounted upon to the ordinary roller can be raised or lowered to any point withoutrolling up 01' unwinding the shade from the roller.

With this object in view my invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and afterward specifically pointed out in the claims.

In order to enable others skilled in the artto which myinvention most nearly appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, having reference to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a window with my invention attached to the shade thereon in position for practical'o'peration. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my improved extension-fixture. 3 is a detail perspective 0 view illustratingone of the brackets to be secured to the window-frame, through which the elevating-cord is passed.

Like letters of reference mark the same parts wherever they occur in the different fig- 5 ures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A is the main body or central portion of my improved supporter. It is made of wire of brass, steel, or any other suitable metal, and 40 is bent upward at B and O to form loops and downward at D and E, also to form loops, the loops B and O projecting upward and the loops D and E projecting downward. At its outer ends are also formed down Ward-projecting loops F and G.

H is one of the extensions of my fixture. It is formed with a loop I at its inner end embracing the main body A and is passed through the two downward-projecting loops E and G, and beyond the loop G is bent upward to form a loop J, and thence downward,

having its lower end doubled back in order to form a hook K. L is the opposite side extension, which is formed at its inner end with a hook M, thence passed through a ring N, hung loosely on the body A, and then through the loops D and F of said body, projecting beyond the loop F and bent to form a loop N, the outer end being dropped and formed into a hook O.

P is a bracket to be secured to the top of the window-frame by means of screws or nails passing through loopsQand R, formed therein, an arm S projecting outward from the main body and being formed at its outer end into a loop T. The bracket is formed from a single piece of wire bent at its central portion, so that the ends extend at right angles to each other. One of the ends is bent into the coil Q at its tip and the other one into the loop '1, while the bent portion is formed into the coil R, the coils lying in the same plane with each other and having their axes parallel with the arm S. A cord U is secured to the loop N of the extension L and passed through the loop B of the main body A, thence upward through the-loop T of the right-hand bracket P, and thence downward to a suitable cleat V, where it is secured. A second cord Wis secured to the loop J of the exten- 8o sion H, and passing through the loop 0 of the main body A is carried through the loop T of the left-hand bracket P, thence across and through the loop T of the right-hand bracket P, and thence down and secured to the cleat V.

In using my invention the ends of the window-shade roller are inserted in the hooks K and 0, when the cords U and W are fitted up, as before described. By drawing downward upon both the cords at once the extensions H and L will be drawn tightly toward the center of the curtain or shade, the power exerted to raise the shade serving also to normally draw the extensions H and L inward, so that the heavier the shade the tighter the extensions will be drawn against its ends and the less liability there is of the curtain being dropped out of or disengaged from the hooks K and O.

The advantages attending the use of my invention are numerous and will be obvious from the foregoing description.

With this device the ordinary shade can be raised or lowered without unwinding the shade from the roller, thus admitting the light through either the upper or lower portion of the window, and at the same time debarring impertinent persons on the outside from seeing either the contents of the room or the actions of the occupants thereof.

While I have illustrated and described the best means now known to me for carrying out my invention, I wish it to be understood that I do not restrict myself to theexact details of construction shown and described, but hold that any slight changes or variations in such details as might suggest themselves to the ordinary mechanic would properly fall within the limit and scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A device for raising and lowering window-shades consisting of a main body having upper and lower turned loops at its ends, extensions therefor slidably fitted in the downward-projecting loops of the main body and provided at their outer ends with loops and with hooks to receive the ends of the shaderoller, lifting-cords being secured to said loops at the ends of the extension and passed up ward through the upward loops of the main body, substantially as described.

2. The combination substantially as described of the window-frame brackets P the V 3. The herein-described window bracket or fixture consisting of the main body A having the upward-projecting loops l3 and O, down+ ward-projecting loops D and E and end loops F and G, in combination with extensions H and L formed with loops J and N at their outer ends and with books K and 0 adapted to embrace and support the projecting outer ends of the window-shade roller, substantially as described.

JOHN ANDREW HATTER. Witnesses:

P. L. HENNESEY, J. A. TILDEN. 

